Individual Details

Robert Holderness Brooks

(27 Oct 1817 - Bet 1860 and 1870)



Caswell Co Deeds:
DB EE, p.431 22 Mar 1839 Thomas Bigelow to Micajah Pleasant for $1040, 209 A on S Country Line Cr adj Alfred Christopher Brooks, Alfred Parks on Pinson Rd, Barnwell. Wit: E. Benton, Robert H. Brooks, C. W. Brooks. [Is this Christopher Brooks & the clerk slipped in an extra Alfred or forgot a comma?]

1850 Census in Caswell Co NC. Robt Brooks age 33, farmer. Leatha age 31. Christopher age 6, William age 5 and John, 3. All born in Caswell Co. NC.
I was told the wife of Robert Holderness Brooks was Sintha, or Sinthy but I read the 1850 Census as Leatha and that is how her name continues in the census records.

In the estate file of his mother is the following Power of Attorney. Robt. H. Brookes of Haywood Co TN, appoints Alexander G. Brooks of Wayne Co, NC, my attorney to execute the following business. Robt H. Brooks was the son and one of the heirs of the estate of his father Christopher W. Brooks and his mother Isabella Brooks, late of the state of NC. There is in the hands of Jas. Montgomery Clerk & Master, money belonging to the estate received from the sale of the property and ready to be distributed. Robt H. Brooks is entitled to one-seventh part. Alexander G. Brooks is my agent to receive any money I may be entitled to, as freely as if were present myself. 22 Jun 1853. R. H. Brooks

1860 Census. Webster Co MO, Dallas Twp, p.34, Hh 222
Robert Brooks, age 42, b. NC. Latha, age 46, b. NC
Martha Bateman, age 8, b. AR
Christopher W. Brooks, age 16, b. NC. William R. 14, b. NC. John K. 12, b. NC
Frances J. age 8, b. NC. Letha A. 6, b. TN. Andrew J., age 3, b. MO.

Events

Birth27 Oct 1817Caswell County, North Carolina
Marriage6 Dec 1842Caswell County, North Carolina - Leatha Boswell
DeathBet 1860 and 1870

Families

SpouseLeatha Boswell (1819 - )
ChildChristopher William Brooks (1845 - )
ChildWilliam Ransom Brooks (1846 - )
ChildJohn Kerr Brooks (1847 - )
ChildFrances Isbel Brooks (1852 - )
ChildLetha Ann Brooks (1853 - )
ChildAndrew Johnson Brooks (1856 - )
FatherChristopher Williams Brooks (1781 - 1840)
MotherIsabella Kerr (1790 - 1851)
SiblingJohn Kerr Brooks (1813 - 1852)
SiblingMary Graves Brooks (1815 - 1841)
SiblingJames Malone Brooks (1821 - )
SiblingChristopher W. Brooks (1824 - 1851)
SiblingAlexander Graves\George Brooks (1826 - 1892)
SiblingIverson Lee Brooks (1829 - 1876)
SiblingSarah Isabel Brooks (1832 - )

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